2 Chronicles 20:28

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.”

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BSBPD

“So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 20:28 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 6:5David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
  2. 1 Chronicles 13:8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
  3. 1 Chronicles 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 25:6All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
  5. Psalms 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
  6. Psalms 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
  7. Psalms 95:1Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
  8. Psalms 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
  9. Psalms 150:3Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
  10. Revelation 14:2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.

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